Currently on tour with Baaba Maal and Oliver Mtukudzi in the latest African Soul Rebels package, Extra Golden are a curiosity. Formed by American rock musician Ian Eagleson after he travelled to Kenya to study the country's guitar-based benga music, this is a Kenyan-US band still evolving its own hybrid style, mixing east African rhythms, chanting vocals and rapid-fire guitar work with western riffs and slide guitar. Extra Golden are big fans of President Obama, who (as a senator) helped the band's Kenyan members secure visas, and was rewarded with a song in his honour. There are no new Obama tributes in this energetic and freewheeling set, mostly recorded in the laundry room of Eagleson's parents' house, but the six lengthy songs here show the band's potential. Some passages sound like a rough-and-ready live jam, some veer towards western pop and rock. But on songs such as Ukimwi, a warning about Aids, the fusion works well, with benga-influenced guitar lines and vocals driven on by the rock backing. They should sound even better live.